Quotes & Sayings About News Years Resolutions

The Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any. — Thomas Paine

I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. — Ray Davies

The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue. — Rem Koolhaas

It is lost, lovely child, somewhere in the ragbag that I laughingly refer to as my memory. — Robertson Davies

Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. — Samuel Johnson

Women made civilisation impossible with all their "charm " all their silliness. — Virginia Woolf

Remote control. Ingenious contradiction of terms. Fits like a handshake. Aims like a gun. — Roger Rosenblatt

It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments. — Jenny Slate

A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it. — Robert Ruark

I think 'Gatsby' is hobbled, in part, by its status as a Great American Novel. People kind of roll their eyes before they've even opened it, treat it with a 'been there, done that' attitude. I know I did. It took me years to re-open the novel and see how much I'd missed. — Susan Choi

I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe. — Frank Scott

A cop lost his temper and rushed into the crowd to seize an agitator ... and that was the last we saw of him for about three minutes. When he emerged, after a dozen others had rushed in to save him, he looked like some ragged hippie ... the mob had stripped him of everything except his pants, one boot, and part of his coat. His hat was gone, his gun and gunbelt, all his badges and police decorations ... he was a beaten man and his name was Lennox. I know this because I was standing beside the big plainclothes police boss who was shouting, Get Lennox in the van! — Hunter S. Thompson

There is no balm of Gilead, No salve, no soothing ointment To stay the pain of one who's had In love a disappointment
Unless it be that healing lotion Of fixing on a new devotion. — Richard Armour

If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They should face the contradiction. Discuss the conflation. And then do as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and many others have done. Choose the miracle of creative competition over an idolatry of cash.
They should stand up.. — David Brin